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Influence Government

Research into the practices and impacts of government use of online targeted advertising for behavioural change

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Press coverage of upcoming SIPR report

The report we authored to be published by the Scottish Institute Policing Research on Monday 21st  August 2023  has received advance coverage in a number of newspapers

at the Observer  on Sunday 12th August 2023 ran

Government targeting UK minorities with social media ads despite Facebook ban

 

Lizzie Dearden at the Independent  on Monday 13th August wrote

Home Office spent £35k on ads to deter small boat migrants – but targeted tourists instead

 

This was picked up by  Stephen Bush at the FT  on Monday 14th

 

Sam Meadows at Bylines also published a story on 7th August 2023

Home Office Creating New ‘Digital Hostile Environment’ with Targeted Social Media Ads

 

These are initial reports, we hope that our broader empirical and conceptual based findings will lead to more reflective analysis, and some investigative journalism.

 

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